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ham-fist·ed

(hăm′fĭs′tĭd)
adj.
Ham-handed.
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ham-fisted

or

ham-handed

adj
informal lacking dexterity or elegance; clumsy
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ham′-hand`ed



adj.
clumsy, inept, or heavy-handed: a ham-handed apology.
[1915–20]
ham′-hand`ed•ness, n.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj. 1. ham-fisted - lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands; "a bumbling mechanic"; "a bungling performance"; "ham-handed governmental interference"; "could scarcely empty a scuttle of ashes, so handless was the poor creature"- Mary H. Vorse
maladroit - not adroit; "a maladroit movement of his hand caused the car to swerve"; "a maladroit translation"; "maladroit propaganda"
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ham-fisted

adjective clumsy (Informal) awkward, bungling, inept, cack-handed (informal), maladroit, ham-handed (informal), all fingers and thumbs (informal), butterfingered (informal), unhandy They can be made by even the most ham-fisted of cooks.
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Translations

ham-fisted

[ˌhæmˈfɪstɪd] ham-handed [ˌhæmˈhændɪd] ADJ → torpe, desmañado
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ham-fisted

, ham-handed
adj → ungeschickt ; efforts, person also → tollpatschig (inf)
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ham-fisted

[ˌhæmˈfɪstɪd] ham-handed (Am) [ˌhæmˈhændɪd] adj → maldestro/a
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ham

(hӕm) noun
the top of the back leg of a pig, salted and dried. ham لَحْم فَخْذ الخِنزير المُمَلَّح والمُقَدَّد шунка presunto šunka der Schinken skinke ζαμπόν jamón sink ژامبون نمک زده خوک kinkku jambon בשר יֶרֶך-חֲזִיר सूअर का पुठ्ठा but; šunka sonka ham skinka prosciutto ハム 돼지의 허벅다리, 햄 kumpis šķiņķis ham ham skinke szynka خوګ دورانه وچه غوښه چه په مالګه وى pernil şuncă, jambon ветчина šunka šunka šunka skinka เนื้อขาหมูรมควัน jambon 火腿 стегно; шинка سؤر کے گوشت کی نصف ران نمک لگا کر سکھائی یا بھونی ہوئی giăm bông 火腿
ˌham-ˈfisted adjective
clumsy. He can't tie a knot in that rope – he's too ham-fisted. onhandig, lomp مُرْتَبِك اليَدَيْن несръчен desajeitado nešikovný ungeschickt fummelfingret αδέξιος torpe, desmañado kobakäpp دست و پا چلفتی kömpelö maladroit מְגוּשָׁם भद्दा nespretan kétbalkezes kikuk klunnalegur, klaufalegur maldestro 不器用な 솜씨없는 atgrubnagis neveikls; lempīgs cemerkap onhandig klønet niezdarny, o dwóch lewych rękach لاسه او پیښه شول desajeitado неуклюжий nešikovný neroden trapav fumlig, klumpig งุ่มง่าม sakar 笨手笨腳的 руки не звідти виросли پھوہڑ lóng ngóng 笨手笨脚的
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